fortitude
\fɔʁ.ti.tyd\
The verdict
“fortitude” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Énergie morale devant le danger ou dans la souffrance ; courage en endurant ou en subissant (par opposition au courage d’entreprendre des actions périlleuses).
Corpus desk
Index FR-fortitude · fortitude · French
fortitude · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fortitude |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fɔʁ.ti.tyd\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “fortitude” se place dans la fréquence du français
Rare enough to double-check
fortitude is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fɔʁ.ti.tyd\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Énergie morale devant le danger ou dans la souffrance ; courage en endurant ou en subissant (par opposition au courage d’entreprendre des actions périlleuses).".
Zero misspellings are on record for fortitude in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is fortitude, spelled F-O-R-T-I-T-U-D-E.
Definition
- 1Énergie morale devant le danger ou dans la souffrance ; courage en endurant ou en subissant (par opposition au courage d’entreprendre des actions périlleuses).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fortitude appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On a vu des Français supporter les tourments du cadre de feu avec la fortitude des Indiens mêmes.
Pour le bénéfice du secrétaire qui ramassait ses papiers avant d’aller copier dans la pièce voisine, le gros Philibert observa révérencieusement qu’on parlait beaucoup du courage des rebelles exécutés par ordre du duc (on en doublait d’ailleurs le nombre), mais pas assez de la fortitude de cet homme d’État et de guerre mourant sous le harnois de son maître.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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